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Diameter
01
a straight line from one side of a round object, particularly a circle, passing through the center and joining the other side
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
diameters
Examples
The diameter of a circle is the longest distance between any two points on its circumference, passing through the center.
02
a unit of linear measurement used to express magnifying power
Examples
The microscope had a diameter of 100×.
Lexical Tree
diametral
diametrical
semidiameter
diameter
